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4K the Wimpy Way I'm not going to argue if the road should be there or not but if you want to experience Mt. Washington in a different mode, try cycling up the damn thing. You get all the views you want (if you haven't passed out from hyperventilating) while helping global warming by sucking...

Marshfield Station aka Cog Parking Lot The Base Rd. had been closed until a few years ago when they tried to run a ski train part way up the mountain. Didn't really catch on unfortunately, but did open some hiking trails for the winter. They are working on re-fitting 4 of the engines from...

Packin' in the Presidentials Nice report. The pictures are great & really add to your report. Got to figure out how to do that for mine. Anyway, I was up on Washington with a group on the 16th (see The Great Pumpkin trip report). Absolutely fantastic weather. Thanks for the flashback!

Owl's Head Redemption Congratulations on your WNH#47. Sorry I was not able to be there but I was busy entertain & bustin' trail on Passaconaway. Looking forward to 3/7.

Let's see 15 miles of breaking trail with 4 people & a bushwhack at the end or a 9 miler with 8 others helping to break trail? Hummmm!

RickB - I figured you guys for VFTTers but didn't get the chance to chat too long. I'm hoping to pick up 4 more with Creaky Knees & The Great Pumpkin on a Zeeland-Lincoln Woods traverse on 3/7. I'll save the remainder for next year. Got keep the wife happy. See you on the trails.

See RickB's trail conditions for Dicey's Mill Tr. He & his group caught us at the intersection of Rollins trial. RickB I'm glad you & your group showed to break trail from Rollins to the top of Passaconaway. Gave us a nice break after the first 3.7 mi. The day started out at 7:30 AM in the...

Isolation # 48 Congratulations on getting them all. Isolation is a great view. I was there this past October for the first time. Need it for my winter list. I was also part of the group at Marshfield Station this past Monday. Spaderman

Blaze - I enjoyed your post plus the pictures. It looks like about the time you were taking a picture of the Presidentials, I was taking a shot of Carrigan from Lakes. Great day to be out. Zero wind on top of Washington, about 25 degrees F.

As the title says, this is a side bar to The Great Pumpkin's report which only barely conveys the magnificent day we had on the "Rock Pile" (no ding to Mr. Pumpkin). We ran out of adjectives by 10:30 AM. The crew at the observatory commented they had to put up a 3-cup anemometer to measure the...

Glad to see you guys nailed it. I was thinking about your hike all day. Congrats! Spaderman

Date of Hike: 2/1/09 Trail Conditions: Many thanks to Matt C & Jeremy D who had broken trail a couple of days earlier with a special thanks to the AMC Group from MA (10) that joined our party of 3 (The Great Pumpkin, Ironman & myself) that thoroughly pounded the Blueberry Ridge Tr. into a...

Date: 1/4/09 Trail Conditions: Trail well consolidated from Kanc. to N. Tripyramid. From North to Middle the trail is still in good shape but gets wind-blown, good potential for post holing. All stream crossings were easy. Previous hikers on the trail have made it a breeze. Special...

Once again the dynamic dou of The Great Pumpkin & Spaderman assault the White Mts. This time it is to bag Spaderman's 45th peak. We took off from the Gale River Loop Rd at 7:45 AM traveling up the Gale River Trail, intersecting with Garfield Ridge Trail to push for the top of Galehead Mt.at...

What do you do when you only have 2 hours to get a hike in & you're in Franconia? Why head for Coppermine Trail & that's what I did. I took Spike the Wonder Dog on her first "winter" hike in the Whites. She was more than up to the task. The trail up to Bridal Veil Falls was bare bootable...

Spaderman, The Great Pumpkin & Roy Boy started out Sunday morn (3/2) with optimistic goals to reach North & Middle Tripyramids. For The Great Pumpkin is was a repeat winter climb from years past. For Roy & I, it was a first winter attempt having gotten them in other seasons. We left the Kanc...